Arushi Saxena was frustrated by seeing and hearing about misinformation memes in large family WhatsApp groups, so she set out to do something about it. 

Arushi is the Head of Policy, Partnerships, Product Marketing at DynamoFL, and former Senior Product Marketing Manager at Twitter. She was also a graduate fellow at Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, focusing on Disinformation. 

In this episode, Alice Hunsberger chats with Arushi about what she learned while trying to combat her loved ones’ accidental misinfo sharing, and what methods work (especially in an Indian cultural context). Come away with some specific learnings about intergenerational understanding, whether people respond better to comedy or serious posts, and what inoculation theory is. 

Plus, we have an internal debate about whether people are basically good or not. What do you think?

Disclaimer: The views in this episode only represent the views of the individuals involved in the recording of the episode, and do not represent any company’s views. 

Further reading: 

Arushi’s blog post on the EkMinute Project

Learning to Detect Fake News: A Field Experiment to Inoculate Against Misinformation in India. Guest Post by Naman Garg

Misinformation surges amid India's COVID-19 calamity | AP News

Psychological inoculation improves resilience against misinformation on social media | Science Advances